aicce
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Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru, related to Welsh ach (“lineage”), Old Cornish ach, and Old Breton acom.[1] Stifter reconstructs Proto-Celtic *akkiyā as the ancestor of all these cognates, and derives this from Proto-Celtic *ad- (“at”).[2]
Previously, Zimmer related this to ocus (“near, close”) and oc (“beside, by”).[3] MacBain derived this from the root of Middle Irish taca (“support, prop”); compare Scottish Gaelic taic (“support”).[4]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aicce f (genitive aicce)
Declension
[edit]| Feminine iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | aicceL | aicciL | aicci |
| Vocative | aicceL | aicciL | aicci |
| Accusative | aicciN | aicciL | aicci |
| Genitive | aicce | aicceL | aicceN |
| Dative | aicciL | aiccib | aiccib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
[edit]- i n-aicci (“near, beside; nearby”)
Descendants
[edit]- Irish: aice
Mutation
[edit]| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| aicce | unchanged | n-aicce |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Stifter, David (2023) “The rise of gemination in Celtic”, in Open Research Europe[1], volume 3, , page 24
- ^ Zimmer, Heinrich (1881) Keltische Studien, Berlin: Weidmann
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “aicce”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN, page aice
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aicce”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language